Job 20
1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and saide,
Ndipo Sofari, Mnaamathi alijibu na kusema,
2 Doubtlesse my thoughts cause me to answere, and therefore I make haste.
“Mawazo yangu yananifanya mimi nijibu kwa haraka kwa sababu ya mashaka yaliyomo ndani yangu mimi.
3 I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.
Mimi ninasikia kukemewa ambako kunaniondolea heshima mimi, lakini roho kutoka katika ufahamu wangu hunijibu mimi.
4 Knowest thou not this of olde? and since God placed man vpon the earth,
Je, unafahamu kwamba ukweli huu kutoka enzi za kale, wakati Mungu alipomweka mwanadamu juu ya nchi:
5 That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?
ushindi wa mtu mwovu ni mfupi, na furaha ya mtu asiyemcha Mungu hudumu kwa kitambo tu?
6 Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Ingawa urefu wake yeye hufikia juu kwenye mbingu, na kichwa chake yeye kufikia kwenye mawingu,
7 Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
bado mtu huyo atapotea siku zote kama mavi yake yeye mwenyewe; wale waliokuwa wamemuona yeye watasema, 'Yuko wapi yeye'?
8 He shall flee away as a dreame, and they shall not finde him, and shall passe away as a vision of the night,
Yeye atapaa mbali kama ndoto na hataonekana; ndivyo ilivyo, yeye atakuwa amefukuzwa mbali kama ono la
9 So that the eye which had seene him, shall do so no more, and his place shall see him no more.
usiku. Jicho ambalo lilimuona yeye halitamuona yeye tena; mahali pake hapatamuona yeye tena.
10 His children shall flatter the poore, and his hands shall restore his substance.
Watoto wake wataomba msamaha kwa watu maskini, mikono yake itaweza kurudisha utajiri wake.
11 His bones are full of the sinne of his youth, and it shall lie downe with him in the dust.
Mifupa yake imejaa nguvu za ujanani, lakini zitalala naye chini katika mavumbi.
12 When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,
Japokuwa uovu ni mtamu katika mdomo wake yeye, japokuwa yeye anauficha chini ya ulimi wake yeye,
13 And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth,
japokuwa anaushikilia pale na hauruhusu kwenda lakini bado huushikilia katika mdomo wake yeye -
14 Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him.
chakula katika koromeo lake yeye hugeuka kuwa uchungu; hugeuka kuwa sumu ya majoka ndani yake yeye.
15 He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie.
Yeye humeza chini utajiri, lakini yeye atautapika tena; Mungu atautoa nje kutoka katika tumbo lake yeye.
16 He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.
Yeye atamumunya sumu ya majoka; ulimi wa nyoka mwenye sumu utamwua yeye.
17 He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter.
Yeye hatafurahia vijito vya maji, wingi wa asali na siagi.
18 He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more.
Yeye atayarudisha matunda ya kazi yake na hataweza kuyala; yeye hatafurahia utajiri alioupata kwa biashara zake yeye.
19 For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not.
Kwa kuwa yeye amewakandamiza na kuwasahau watu maskini; yeye kwa uonevu, amezichukua mbali nyumba ambazo hakuzijenga yeye.
20 Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.
Kwa sababu yeye mwenyewe hakujua utoshelevu wowote, yeye hataweza kuokoa kitu chochote katika kile ambacho alijifurahisha.
21 There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shall hope for his goods.
Hakuna chochote kilichoachwa ambacho yeye hakukimeza; kwa hiyo mafanikio yake yeye hayatakuwa ya kudumu.
22 When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
katika wingi wa utajiri wake yeye ataanguka katika mahangaiko; mkono wa kila mmoja ambaye yuko katika umaskini utakuja kinyume chake yeye.
23 He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.
Wakati akiwa katika kulijaza tumbo lake, Mungu atatupa hasira ya ghadhabu yake juu yake yeye; Mungu ataunyeshea chini juu yake yeye wakati yeye anakula.
24 He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
Ingawa mtu huyo atakimbia kutoka katika silaha ya chuma, upinde wa shaba utampiga yeye.
25 The arrowe is drawen out, and commeth forth of the body, and shineth of his gall, so feare commeth vpon him.
Mshale utatoboa kupitia mgongoni mwake na utatokezea; ni dhahiri, ncha inayong'ra itatokezea nje kupitia ini lake yeye; watesi huja tena juu yake.
26 All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.
Giza lliilo kamilika limetunzwa kwa akiba zake; moto usiopulizwa utamla yeye kwa haraka; utameza kile kilichoachwa katika hema yake.
27 The heauen shall declare his wickednes, and the earth shall rise vp against him.
Mbingu zitauweka wazi uovu wake, na nchi itainuka juu dhidi yake yeye kama shahidi.
28 The increase of his house shall go away: it shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Utajiri wa nyumba yake utatoweka; bidhaa zake zitamwagika mbali siku ya ghadhabu ya Mungu.
29 This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage that he shall haue of God for his wordes.
Hii ndiyo sehemu ya mtu mwovu kutoka kwa Mungu, urithi uliotunzwa akiba na Mungu kwa ajili yake yeye.”
